Para 3, #13
With this in mind, this Congregation wished to ask the bishops to be especially cautious of any programs which may seek to pressure the Church to change her teaching, even while claiming not do so. A careful examination of their public statements and the activities they promote reveals a studied ambiguity by which they attempt to mislead the pastors and the faithful....Some of the groups will use the word "Catholic" to describe either the organization or its intended members, yet they do not defend and promote the teaching of the Magisterium; indeed, they even openly attack it. While their members may claim a desire to conform their lives to the teaching of Jesus, in fact they abandon the teaching of His Church. This contradictory action should not have the support of the bishops in any way.

Para 1, #15
We encourage the bishops, then, to provide pastoral care in full accord with the teaching of the Church for homosexual persons of their dioceses. No authentic pastoral program will include organization with which homosexual persons associate with each other without clearly stating that homosexual active is immoral. A truly pastoral approach will appreciate the need for homosexual persons to avoid the near occasions of sin.

Para 2
We would heartily encourage programs in which these dangers are avoided. But we wish to make it clear that departure from the Church's teachings, or silence about it, in an effort to provide pastoral care is neither caring nor pastoral. Only what is true can ultimately be pastoral. The neglect of the Church's position prevents homosexual men and women from receiving the care they need and deserve.

Para 3
An authentic pastoral program will assist homosexual persons at all levels of the spiritual life: through the sacraments, and in particular through the frequent and sincere use of the sacrament of Reconciliation, through prayer, witness, counsel and individual care. In such a way, the entire Christian community can come to recognize its own call to assist its brothers and sisters, without deluding them or isolating them.

Para 2 # 16
The human person, made in the image and likeness of God, can hardly be adequately described by a reductionist reference to his or her sexual orientation. Every one living on the face of the earth has personal problems and difficulties , but challenges to growth, strengths, talents and gifts as well. Today, the Church provides a badly needed context for the care of the human person when she refuses to consider the person as a "heterosexual" or a "homosexual" and insists that every person has a fundamental identity: the creature of God, and by grace, His child and heir to eternal life.

Para 3, # 17
These (forms of pastoral care for homosexual persons) would include the assistance of the psychological, sociological and medical sciences, in full accord with the teaching of the Church.

Para 4
They are encouraged to call on the assistance of all Catholic theologians who, by teaching what the church teaches, and by deepening their reflections on the true meaning of human sexuality and Christian marriage with the virtues it engenders, will make an important contribution in this particular area of pastoral care.

Para 5
The bishops are asked to exercise special care in the selection of pastoral ministers so that by their own high degree of spiritual and personal maturity and by their fidelity to the Magisterium, they many be of real service to homosexual persons, promoting their health and well--being in the fullest sense. Such ministers will reject theological opinions which dissent from the teaching of the Church and which, therefore, cannot be used as guidelines for pastoral care.

Para 6
We encourage the bishops to promote appropriate catechetical programs based on the truth about human sexuality in its relationship to the family as taught by the Church. Such programs should provide a good context within which to deal with the question of homosexuality.

Para 7
This catechesis would also assist those families of homosexual persons to deal with this problem which affects them so deeply.

Para 8
All support should be withdrawn from any organization which seek to undermine the teaching of the Church, which are ambiguous about it, or which neglect it entirely.

Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the LORD.

5. THE TRUTH AND MEANING OF HUMAN EQUALITY - 1995

#104:
A particular problem that can appear during the process of sexual maturation is homosexuality, which is also spreading more and more in urbanized societies. This phenomenon must be presented with balanced judgment, in the light of the documents of the Church. Young people need to be helped to distinguish between the concepts of what is normal and abnormal, between subjective guilt and objective disorder, avoiding what would arouse hostility. On the other hand, the structural and complementary orientation of sexuality must be well clarified in relation to marriage, procreation and Christian chastity.

Romans 2:1-5
You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.

{2} Now we know that God's judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.

{3} So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgment?

{4} Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness leads you toward repentance?

{5} But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed.

6. THE SACRED CONGREGATION FOR CATHOLIC EDUCATION EDUCATION GUIDANCE IN HUMAN LOVE
Outline for Sex Education 1983

I, #30
In light of the mystery of Christ, sexuality appears to us as a vocation to realize that love which the Holy Spirit instills in the hearts of the redeemed. Jesus Christ has enriched such a vocation with the Sacrament of marriage.

#71
*..In fact, as will be specified in what follows, as well as right judgment, sense of responsibility, professional competence, affective and decent maturity, this education requires from the teacher outstanding sensitivity in initiating the child and adolescent in the problems of love and life without disturbing their psychological development.

#72
Also, though the teacher posses the necessary qualities for sex education in groups, it is necessary always to consider the concrete situation of such groups. This applies above all in mixed groups, since these require special precautions. In each case, the responsible authorities must examine with parents the propriety of proceeding in such a manner.

#76
Particular attention is to be paid to the materials to be used by the pupils themselves. Some textbooks on sexuality...are harmful to the child and the adolescent. Graphic and audio-visual materials are more harmful when they crudely present sexual realities for which the pupil is not prepared, and thus create traumatic impression or raise an unhealthy curiosity which lead to evil. Let teachers think seriously of the grave harm that an irresponsible attitude in such delicate matters can cause in pupils.

#77
.. The human sciences hold that "groups" are a positive condition for formation, because the maturation of the personality is not possible without efficacious personal relationships.

7. THE CHAPTER OF THE RIGHTS OF THE FAMILY
(presented by the Holy See, October 22, 1983)

Article 5
Since they have conferred life on their children, parents have the original, primary and inalienable right to educate them; hence they must be acknowledged as the first and foremost educators of their children.

a) Parents have the right to educate their children in conformity with their moral and religious convictions...

b) Parents have the right to freely choose schools or other means necessary to educate their children in keeping with their convictions...

c) Parents have the right to ensure that their children are not compelled to attend classes which are not in agreement with their own moral and religious convictions. In particular, sex education is a basic right of the parents and must always be carried out under their close supervision, whether at home or in educational centers chosen and controlled by them.

d) The rights of parents are violated when a compulsory system of education is imposed by the State from which all religious formation is excluded.

e) The primary right of parents to educate their children must be upheld in all forms of collaboration between parents, teachers and school authorities, and particularly in forms of participation designed to give citizens a voice in the functioning of schools and in the formulation and implementation of educational policies.

f) The family has the right to expect that the means of social communication will be positive instruments for the building up of society, and will reinforce the fundamental values of the family. At the same time the family has the right to be adequately protected, especially with regard to its youngest members, from the negative effects and misuse of the mass media.